And away we go!
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced the Academy Award® nominees for Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short Subject this morning. The Academy Awards will be presented Sunday, March 2.
Here's the lineup:
Best Documentary Feature
The Act of Killing—Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
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Cutie and the Boxer —Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
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Dirty Wars —Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
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The Square—Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
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20 Feet from Stardom—Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers
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Best Documentary Short Subject
CaveDigger—Jeffrey Karoff
Facing Fear —Jason Cohen
Karama Has No Walls —Sara Ishaq
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life—Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall—Edgar Barens
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Save the date! You can see all the Oscar-nominated docs at IDA's annual DocuDay of on Saturday, March 1. Stay tuned for more details.